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I'm standing on the edge of a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd—the kind of crowd where you have to apologize to seven people just to move a few feet—frantically snapping pictures, because I've got the distinct feeling that what I'm looking at is one of the stories of the year in video gaming.
It's a video game tournament, but it looks more like a rock concert, complete with a huge stage up front, tons of lighting equipment overhead, and a large merchandise booth off to the side. As the tournament reaches the finals, the crowd continues to flow in until every seat, aisle and empty corner of the two linked ballrooms of the Seattle Convention Center is filled with a throng comprising thousands and thousands of people. Even when the room seems completely full, the people don't stop coming, and the hallways outside of the ballroom begin to clog as fans continue streaming up from the lower floors of the Penny Arcade Expo.
They're all here to watch professional gaming teams battle it out in the North American regional finals in League of Legends, a PC action-strategy game that has exploded in the competitive video gaming scene over the past year. The tournament's winning team will take home $40,000 and a trip to the World Championship in October, where the victor will net $2 million and international fame.
A tipping point
Starcraft II competitions are popular enough to be considered the national pastime in South Korea, but for most of the last two decades the idea of gaming as a popular spectator competition in the West has been little more than the butt of jokes. In the last year or so, though, eSports has undergone a sudden exponential growth. The Major League Gaming Spring Championship in June (which featured tournaments in four high-profile games like Starcraft II and Mortal Kombat) attracted 4.7 million online viewers over three days in June, peaking at 437,000 concurrent viewers. That's substantially more than all of their 2011 events combined. Over 2.2 million viewers tuned in to Ustream internet broadcast of the 2011 EVO fighting game championships from a packed ballroom in Las Vegas.
These competitions aren't just popular with loners sitting and watching at their computers, but also with crowds of people that gather to watch the events live. After the packed crowds at the PAX Regionals in Seattle, last week League of Legends officially sold out its second annual World Championship in Los Angeles' USC Basketball Arena (which has a seating capacity of 10,000, though it's unclear if all those seats are being used for the tournament). A three-day playoff series at a smaller venue is also sold out about a month in advance.
After decades of struggle, eSports are finally starting to attract significant attention in North America. The raw numbers might not compare well with well-established spectators sports like football and basketball, but that might be the wrong comparison to make. After all, you don't need to be Lebron James to get a start in the NBA, you just need to be better than the low-ranking players. And eSports certainly show more fan excitement and growth potential than the least popular sports that currently get television coverage, such as late night poker or lacrosse. In many cases spectator gaming even rivals other up-and-coming sports leagues like Major League Soccer in terms of viewership.
Plus, these new digital spectator sports don't really need to compete head-to-head with other established sports, because they've completely bypassed television distribution. Online streams let these eSports hunt down the key gamer demographic in their natural habitats—forums, social media, and video game websites— without the need for television exposure. The ability to offer free eSports programming to any curious gamer with a broadband connection has helped the concept spread virally, and paid HD subscriptions have become a much-needed revenue source as well.
A generational shift
Up until about 2011, eSports showed persistent but slow growth that bore the markings of a snail-like generational shift. Before eSports could become the force that it is evolving into today, it first needed a generation of potential viewers that grew up comfortable with the idea of watching digital competition in basements and rec rooms from a young age. Those lifelong gamers then needed to grow up, get jobs, and acquire disposable income for advertisers to chase after, a phenomenon that is finally starting to happen on a large enough scale to support a spectator sport.
In 2012, that slow-growing community support has finally gotten large enough to translate into significant advertising support from major brands. Dr. Pepper, Doritos, Red Bull, Bic razors, and all manner of gaming companies are turning out for the chance to advertise to a flock of eSports watchers in the key 18-30 year old male demographic.
The current limiting factor for the eSports movement is not the fact that it hasn't been fully accepted by mainstream culture, but that it hasn't even been fully accepted by the entire video game industry. The scene still excludes almost all of console gaming (save for the relatively niche fighting game genre), and scant few publishers have committed appreciable funding toward developing their competitive communities.
But this is starting to change. Activision, for instance, recently unveiled a spectator toolset for one of the biggest games in the world, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which will allow shoutcasters access to advanced camera and streaming tools to bring matches to viewers much more comprehensively (Shooters in particular have struggled to gain spectator appeal outside a hardcore niche because of the complexity of relaying action that takes place from so many perspective). The upcoming MMO/shooter Firefall and Valve's League of Legends competitor Dota 2 are adding similar eSports-friendly tools. Halo 4 will also be playable to the public at a November Major League Gaming event just prior to its launch, showing how important Microsoft considers the audience of live eSports spectators.
If Microsoft and Sony include integrated support for eSports streaming services like Twitch.tv in their upcoming consoles then we could very well be on the verge of an even larger eSports boom.
The crowd
As I'm standing in the crowd at the PAX League of Legends finals, a player on Team SoloMid (the eventual champions) pulls off a surprise kill and the crowd goes wild in raucous applause and whoops. It's at that moment that I realize the full appeal of eSports, just like traditional sports, comes through best with a live crowd. It doesn't really matter whether the game that's being played is soccer or Starcraft, there's a human element of camaraderie that comes from sharing a moment of excitement with thousands of other individuals.
And that's the true hope for the future of competitive video games. Traditional sports have reigned in North America for a hundred years, but as I stand watching this crowd cheer their hearts out, I wonder what the sporting world will look like in the future. Right now, eSports' most populous demographic is an incredibly young 18-24 year old male. Meanwhile, new people are being born into a world where watching eSports is increasingly normal. What might the sporting world look like in 25 years when that a significant percent of the population has grown up with the idea of popular competitive gaming? In 100 years? What if game designers can create entirely new games that are built from the ground up to be thrilling for spectators?
We don't yet know the answers to these questions, but it's going to be incredibly exciting to watch them unfold. It seems possible now that the video game revolution that dawned in the '70s could continue to shape our spectator-sports-crazy culture for decades to come.


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Transformation starts with end to public feuds
Rockford cannot become a top tier community if turf wars, perceived slights and enormous egos are allowed to derail the process.
Shared values ought to trump disagreements. Shared values should trump personal animosity. Arriving at those shared values and playing that trump card are among the challenges facing Transform Rockford, the initiative that aims to get Rockford off the miserable lists and on to the desirable lists.
Tom Gendron, chairman and CEO of Woodward Inc. and the driving force behind Transform Rockford, says "it is no longer acceptable" for civic, business and elected officials to feud in public. When was it ever acceptable? It hasn't been, but that hasn't stopped "dysfunctional behavior" among some of the most influential men in town to become embarrassingly public.
You can add "dysfunctional behavior" and "lack of action" to the brutal facts about crime, poverty and unemployment that Gendron and other leaders of Transform Rockford highlighted during a Nov. 14 meeting at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. About 1,400 people attended that night, a sign that the community cares about turning things around.
Gendron made the remark about dysfunctional behavior in a room full of civic, business and elected officials. He was the keynote speaker at Wednesday night's Rockford Area Economic Development Council annual meeting at Giovanni's Restaurant and Convention Center.
We're sure all the officials in town want to transform Rockford. Too often, however, it seems more important for them to get credit for something insignificant than to actually do something significant. There is no shortage of good ideas, but there is a shortage of turning ideas into reality. Hence the "lack of action" Gendron bemoans. To emphasize that point, he mentioned that more than 40 studies on how to improve Rockford have been done since 1986. Studies that, mostly, have been allowed to gather dust.
That doesn't mean there hasn't been success. Gendron talked about "random acts of good work." Those random acts need to be aligned for maximum community benefit.
It's personal for Gendron. He is a Guilford High School graduate and has about four dozen family members living in the area. He wants the best for them.
He also wants the best for his company. Woodward is building a $300 million factory to make airplane parts in Loves Park. It is the Fort Collins, Colo., company's largest investment ever.
The data collected by a site selection company told Gendron that this was not the place to be. His heart, however, did. It was the workers at the Loves Park facility who helped turn Woodward into a winner in the business world. The strength of that work force trumped the data Gendron was given.
He has a lot at stake personally and professionally in turning the community around, as do we all.
Everyone has a role and everyone should be included in the process. It's difficult to envision what total inclusion should look like because we haven't seen that here. Transform Rockford officials are reaching out and talking to people you don't expect to see at annual dinners.
Yet you can't ignore the money men whose business acumen and philanthropy benefit the community. Transform Rockford must work to avoid inadvertently fostering the dysfunctional behavior it condemns by allowing some influential individuals to sit at the head table while regulating others to the kids' table.
We don't expect long-time adversaries to become BFFs, but we do expect them to set aside their differences and make this community a better place. Too much is at stake not to.
What's next
The next public meeting will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 14 at Ellis Elementary School in Rockford. The attributes of a few top U.S. cities will be reviewed, and Rockford will be measured against them. The aim is to develop a vision and strategies to turn Rockford and the region around.

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Santa Fe inspired stuffed bell peppers loaded with a zesty filling of ground turkey, corn, black beans, hot peppers and tomatoes, topped with melted cheese and scallions.
These were sooo good I heavily debated saving this recipe for the cookbook! They have just the right amount of kick, but you can certainly turn the heat up a bit more if you like.
High in protein and fiber, one serving filled me up with a side of sliced avocado and a little sour cream on top, but if you want more carbs, a side of cilantro lime rice[1] would be perfect!
Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers
Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 1/2 pepper • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts
Calories: 160 • Fat: 3 g • Carbs: 19 g • Fiber: 4 g • Protein: 15.5 g • Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 119 (without salt)
For the filling:
- 1/2 lb 99% lean ground turkey
- 3/4 cups canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 3/4 cups frozen corn
- 1 hot pickled serrano pepper, chopped (or jalepeño) more to taste
- 1 large diced tomato
- 1 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp chopped onion
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro, plus more for garnish
- 1 tsp cumin
- kosher salt to taste
For the peppers:
- 3 red bell peppers, cut in half lengthwise
- 1/3 cup reduced sodium, fat free chicken broth
- 9 tbsp shredded reduced-fat Sargento Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 tbsp chopped scallions, for garnish
In a large skillet brown the turkey and season with salt. When the turkey is browned, add onion, garlic, black beans, cilantro, serrano pepper, diced tomatoes, and cumin. Mix well and simmer on low, covered for 20 minutes. Remove lid, add corn and simmer an additional 5 minutes or until all the liquid reduces.
Preheat oven to 350°. Cut peppers in half lengthwise, removing seeds and stem.
Place peppers, cut side up in an oven-proof dish. Fill each pepper with 1/2 cup turkey mixture. Pour about 1/3 cup water or chicken broth on the bottom of the dish. Cover tight with foil. Bake 45-50 minutes, or until the peppers become soft.
Remove foil, top each with 1 1/2 tbsp of cheese and bake uncovered an additional 5 minutes. Top with scallions and serve with reduced-fat sour cream if desired (optional).
Makes 6 servings.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...There are many customs and traditions associated with Chinese New Year. One of the most pervasive has led to an exercise that takes place days before the celebration actually begins. It is believed the Kitchen God returns to heaven a week before the New Year to report on a family's behavior during the year that is ending. An unfavorable report means that the family will have bad luck in the year to come. In order to prevent that from happening the tradition of making sticky cake took hold. The belief that the Kitchen God could not issue a bad report if his mouth was full became pervasive. While a bit softer, the cake has the same chewy properties as taffy. It is, in a word, sticky. It's usually made with glutinous rice flour, a candy called peen tong and dried fruit. The traditional cake is always steamed and, if it's made with peen tong, it is always a rich caramel in color. However, as you move across China, you'll find there are regional differences in how the cake is made. If granulated sugar is used in place of peen tong, the cake will have a creamy hue. The cake is not easy to make, but it can be bought for next to pennies. Ergo, most sticky rice cakes, including mine, are purchased rather than made. A link to more information about the Kitchen God and a classical recipe for the steamed cake be found here. I'm including a much easier version of the recipe for you to try, should you wish to do so. I want to wish all of you who are celebrating, an auspicious New Year that will be rich in family, friends and food.
Baked Sticky Cake (Nian Gao)...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite, courtesy of Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
16 oz. Mochiko sweet rice flour
One stick of butter or 3/4 cup of vegetable oil
3 eggs
2-1/2 cups milk
1 to 1-3/4 cup sugar--depending on if you like it sweeter
1 tablespoon baking soda
One can of red azuki beans
Mix everything but the beans with an electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes. Beat for 2 more minutes at high speed. Sprinkle Mochiko flour over a 9"x 13" baking dish that has been oiled or sprayed with Pam. Spread half of the batter on the bottom of the baking pan. Spread the red azuki beans (you can mix some batter into the beans if they are too thick to spread). Spread the other half of the batter over the red azuki beans. Bake in oven at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes. Test for doneness by inserting a chopstick (this is Chinese New Year, Cake after all) if it comes out clean, it is done. This is best served warm.
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Long Life Noodles for Chinese New Year
Open Mouths Laughing for Chinese New Year
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Cliff Notes: Moe's Saved!
The normally clear skies over St. George, Utah, turned black and rained on the morning of the second annual Moe's Valley clean-up and comp, soaking the sandstone boulders.
The normally clear skies over St. George, Utah, turned black and rained on the morning of the second annual Moe's Valley clean-up and comp, soaking the sandstone boulders. The Moe's Valley parking lot, packed with climbers and campers the previous night, emptied by 10 a.m., but a handful of stalwarts stayed to collect trash with Tyler Webb, who organized the event. They sucked up thousands of nails with a huge magnet, shoveled broken glass into cardboard boxes and rounded up stray beer cans and granola-bar wrappers.
The comp/clean-up was rescheduled for the following Saturday, a flawless day with dry boulders but few attendees. Nevertheless, the clean-up continued, and the comp went until dark.
"We accomplished our mission," Webb said. "We got all the cleaning done, and built trails to minimize erosion and preserve the cryptobiotic soil."
Webb, who wrote the new Moe's Valley guidebook, organized the comp/clean-up because he felt responsible for the area's booming popularity.
"More out-of-towners are showing up," Webb said. "I wanted to get proactive about the area."
Back in the early 1990s, when the St. George local Todd Perkins discovered the area, it wasn't even called Moe's Valley yet. It was just a beige bajada filled with beige boulders on the edge of St. George, where the desert slopes to the Virgin River Gorge (VRG) and eventually Las Vegas, 100 miles to the west.
Perkins was 12 when his family moved to the area. He and his brothers built forts there, spied great horned owls, found arrowheads below petroglyphs and monkeyed around on the sandstone boulders.
"You could spend all day there and never see another person," Perkins says.
Back then, bouldering hadn't caught on and was still just practice for the taller stuff. Lost in the shadow of places like Zion and the VRG, the anonymous boulders became the secret training ground for climbers in southern Utah.
Ten years later, in the early 2000s, some local climber kids rediscovered the area, and dubbed it Moe's Valley, a play on the famous Joe's Valley four hours to the north. They shot guns, drove ATVs and splattered the boulders with paintballs, leaving colorful splashes on the cryptobiotic soil. The apparent emptiness of the desert attracted a variety of disorganized destruction.
"It was kind of a free-for-all," says Isaac Caldiero, Moe's Valley's main developer.
Though climbers in the know had quietly bouldered in the area for nearly 20 years, it wasn't until 1998 that Caldiero and Seth Giles began to shape the area into a true destination.
They scoured the Shinarump Conglomerate blocks (composed of a mixed layer of sand, silt, pebbles and petrified wood deposited by ancient river floods), cleared landings and established hundreds of problems.
"Moe's has never been mainstream, and that's kinda been the coolest thing about it," says Caldiero, who's been climbing at Moe's for 13 years. "And there's still a lot of potential. In the past few months, I've put up three new V11s, a new V12 and I'm working on a V13 project."
Dave Graham added his touch to Moe's, establishing more than 10 problems, including area classics like Booka Booka Booka (V13) and Escape Artist (V12).
"Moe's is one of the most beautiful places in Utah," says Graham. "You go in that canyon, and you're in this Mars-scape. It's an oasis from the modern Western world, and it's really worth preserving."
But as Moe's Valley gained popularity, rumors circulated that the boulders were on private property, and access fears arose.
"In Utah, it's easy to assume anything without a house or fence around it is public land," says another local climber, Todd Goss. "In this case that was wrong."
The State Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) is an agency that manages land Congress gave to Utah at statehood in 1896. The organization was founded in 1994. "SITLA land is tantamount to private property," says Goss. "So essentially we were bouldering on someone's land." SITLA's mission is to generate cash for Utah public schools, by selling and leasing that land. So far, SITLA has sold about half of its original 7,475,297 acres, and currently owns about seven percent of Utah. Since roughly 70 percent of Utah is federal land and only 20 percent is private, SITLA is basically the state's only source of marketable real estate.
SITLA's mandate is, according to the official mission statement, to "manage revenues generated from the lands in the most prudent and profitable manner possible." That means development—oil, natural gas, minerals or private real estate—not preserving rocks for climbers.
To climbers, the mention of SITLA, which has a money-hungry, land-wrecking reputation, portended instant death to bouldering at Moe's, with its million-dollar views of the Utah desert just under a mile from town. Climbers speculated that any day SITLA would bulldoze Moe's Valley for a new housing development.
Things got ugly around 2005, when a series of fiery meetings between climbers and SITLA ensued. Todd Goss, who was the main point of contact between SITLA and climbers, tried to organize user groups to stand up for access. "Todd was good to blow the whistle," Kyle Pasley said. "It was like, 'Let's take a time out and talk to each other,' which prevented us from going down a road that was argumentative, and not healthy. You wish that all land debates could go like this did."
Between 2005 and 2008, tensions rose along with land values in St. George, which was exponentially expanding to accommodate second homes, retirees and a young, fast-growing population.
Then the economy crashed. Land values, at an all-time high, plummeted. The threat of development faded, and SITLA got a new director, Kyle Pasley.
SITLA did a 180, and Pasley showed each Moe's Valley user group (climbers, mountain bikers and hikers) a blank map. He gave them pencils to mark the areas they wanted to preserve.
"Because of the topography, it's not property that's conducive to a lot of development," Pasley says. "So we look at the recreational uses as an amenity to the property—a selling point."
SITLA still hopes to build a housing development at Moe's Valley, but the boulders, hiking and mountain-biking trails will be annexed by the city and preserved as a recreational nature park, adding value to any homes built in the area.
"There are ways to skin the cat that make it a win-win for everybody," Pasley says.
According to Pasley, the climbing community has been excellent to work with.
"They've also been very good stewards of the land," he says. "They help keep it pristine, with clean-up days, which of course we like."
Tyler Webb plans to hold next year's comp/clean-up a few weeks earlier, in hopes of better weather. He's also working to get an info kiosk and a PortaPotty on site. In the meantime, a growing number of climbers fills the parking lot at Moe's Valley every weekend.
Caldiero hopes the increased crowds will mean more development—of the climber kind. "It's just a matter of time," Caldiero says. "There are a few thousand boulders out there. Maybe 20 percent has been established. If 10 people who were motivated to develop came through, you'd have 200 new problems in two days. There's endless potential."
Caroline Treadway is a freelance journalist living in Boulder, Colorado. She currently blogs for venturethere.com/USA Today.


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Fresh Air Weekend: Billy Crystal And Graham Nash
Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:
Billy Crystal Finds Fun In Growing Old (But Still Can't Find His Keys):Crystal isn't happy about turning 65, but at least he's finding a way to laugh about it. The actor and comedian's new memoir — Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys? — is on the bestseller list and he'll be back on Broadway in November.
Graham Nash Has 'Wild Tales' To Spare: As part of Crosby, Stills & Nash, the British singer-songwriter helped define a West Coast sound. Here, he discusses the influence of Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers and marijuana on his career, as well as his new memoir, Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life.
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Under fire, 'Obamacare' goes live; program not without glitches
WASHINGTON — Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama's health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now comes the ultimate test: the verdict of the American people.
A government shutdown could dampen the rollout today as insurance markets open around the country. But it won't stop the main components of "Obamacare" from going live as scheduled, glitches and all. The biggest expansion of society's safety net since Medicare will be in the hands of consumers, and most of their concerns don't revolve around ideology and policy details.
People want to know if they can afford the premiums, if the coverage will be solid, where the bureaucratic pitfalls are and if new federal and state websites will really demystify shopping for health insurance. Full answers may take months.
Expect the rollout to get off to a slow start, with some bumps.
People who don't have access to job-based health insurance can start shopping right away for subsidized private policies. Or they can wait to sign up as late as Dec. 15 and still get coverage by Jan. 1. Many will probably want to see how it goes for the first wave of applicants before they jump in.
Glitches are likely to pop up in the new online insurance markets. Over the weekend, several states were still struggling to get plan information to display accurately on their websites. Earlier, the federal government announced delays for small business and Spanish-language signups. A protracted government shutdown could slow needed technology fixes.
Consumers also could run into problems getting their right subsidy amounts. People with complicated tax returns and extended families living under the same roof could find they need personal assistance to work out the issues. Referrals to state Medicaid programs might go smoothly in some states, not so well in others.
"As this unveils, it is going to be very clear that everything can't be done on a computer," Christine Ferguson, director of Rhode Island's marketplace, said in an interview prior to the launch. "But by Day 60 to 120, and the year after that, it's going to get a lot more user-friendly and effective."
Eventually, at least half the nation's nearly 50 million uninsured people are expected to get coverage through the Affordable Care Act, either through subsidized private plans sold in the new markets or an expanded version of Medicaid in states accepting it for low-income adults. Immigrants in the country illegally will be the largest group remaining uninsured.
People who do have access to employer-based plans will also see changes. Starting Jan. 1, virtually all Americans will have a legal obligation to carry health insurance or face fines. Passing up the company medical plan in exchange for a bigger paycheck may no longer be an option. But employees who lose their jobs, entrepreneurs starting their own businesses and people in between school and work could have an easier time getting coverage.
Also as of Jan. 1, a pre-existing medical condition will no longer be a barrier to getting health insurance.
A partial government shutdown, driven by Republican opponents of increasing the federal role in health care, will not stop what they call "Obamacare." Core provisions and benefits are shielded from annual budget battles. If other government services are shut down, the health care overhaul can largely keep going — much like Social Security and Medicare.
"Shutdown or no shutdown we're ready to go," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday. Federally operated markets in 36 states open at 8 a.m. Eastern time. The remaining states are running their own markets.
Polls show the country remains divided over the law, with opponents outnumbering supporters. Nonetheless, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey released over the weekend found 56 percent of Americans disapprove of cutting off funding to expand coverage for the uninsured, as congressional Republicans are pressing to do.
The poll also found people in a fog about what the law means for them. Nearly three-fourths of the uninsured were unaware of the new insurance markets opening to serve them.
In states not expanding Medicaid, millions of uninsured people below the federal poverty level will likely be shut out of coverage. That's the case in Texas and Florida — both of which have large uninsured populations — and in many, but not all, Republican-led states.
It's because under the law, people below the poverty line — an individual making $11,490, a family of four $23,550 — can only get the new coverage through expanded Medicaid. And the Supreme Court gave states the right to opt out.
The other arm of "Obamacare's" coverage expansion — subsidized private insurance through the new markets — is mainly geared to uninsured people in the middle class. The administration is hoping to sign up 7 million the first year. Young, healthy adults are prime customers, since they'll help offset the cost of caring for sicker people sure to sign up once insurers can no longer reject them.
Kevin Maass of Fairfax, Va., has been uninsured for more than a year, since he turned 26 and could no longer stay on his parents' insurance. He's got a background in statistics that he hopes to apply to criminology, but he's been working temporary jobs while looking for permanent employment in law enforcement.
"Not having health insurance has made me a little bit more cautious," said Maass. "I like to snowboard, but it's given me second thoughts. Heaven forbid I should break my wrist or my arm."
Maass thinks he might be able to afford $100 to $200 a month for insurance. Early indications are that he'll find plenty of options. However, plans with the lowest premiums will have high deductibles and copayments, which means sizable out-of-pocket costs if he gets sick or has an accident.
Nonetheless, Maass says he's definitely planning to check out the health insurance market. "My parents have been pushing for me to get health insurance," he said. "I might as well at least get something rather than pay (a fine) to not have anything."


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Raters at the Roundtable
This third article in a series about rebuilding in the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina focuses on a program in Louisiana that enlists RESNET raters to promote energy efficiency and help grow the home performance market.
Rating a home's energy performance is a specific and data-based service, a service that produces quantifiable results, which, in turn, suggest a particular set of priority-based improvements. And that's it. Energy raters offer a narrowly focused and analytical intervention in the much larger universe of home-related construction activities. Nothing more.
That's exactly how I saw the role that energy ratings play in the larger scheme of advancing the home performance industry. Until I sat in with a group of RESNET-certified raters gathered late last summer to discuss the rollout of Louisiana's newly funded Home Energy Rebate Option (HERO) program (see "Residential, Commercial, and Equipment Incentives").
The gathering was sponsored by the New Orleans–based Alliance for Affordable Energy, a nonprofit organized 25 years ago to act as a watchdog over local utility regulation. Since then, it has become an advocate for a range of activities that includes lowering energy consumption. Now, in the midst of post-Katrina rebuilding, the Alliance has decided to help to build a regional market for consumer-based, energy-efficient products and services (see "A Working Model for Market Building").
As part of that commitment, the Alliance became the sole RESNET provider in Louisiana, and has taken responsibility for convening monthly rater roundtables in its BuildSmart Learning Center, a life-sized model built for the 2007 New Orleans Home and Garden Show with cutaway displays that showcase state-of-the-art practices in green building, residential solar, and energy efficiency.
Residential, Commercial, and Equipment Incentives
The current version of the state of Louisiana's HERO program, effective May 1, 2010, received slightly more than $15 million in ARRA funding. The program is one of several Empower Louisiana programs sponsored by the state's DNR using a total ARRA allocation of $71 million and other sources of funding. Program guidelines for this phase of the program provide larger rebates than previous versions for both new and existing homes.
Under the new guidelines, new homes qualify for a $2,000 rebate simply by achieving a HERS score of 70; a $3,000 rebate is available for homes that achieve a 50% energy savings over the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code, with at least 20% of that energy savings based on improvements to the building envelope. Existing homes with a 30% improvement in energy efficiency also qualify for a $3,000 rebate. New to this version of HERO, commercial buildings that achieve a 10% reduction in energy usage qualify for a $5,000 rebate.
A RESNET-trained rater who is also registered with the state HERO program must verify all residential and commercial savings. The first 100 individuals who became RESNET-certified raters enrolled in the HERO program qualified for both a 60% training rebate up to $1,000 and a 50% equipment rebate up to $5,000.
From 1999 to 2010, previous versions of Louisiana's HERO program issued nearly 18,000 rebates for new and existing homes, totaling $25.5 million. At its peak, from 2002 to 2004, the program issued more than 3,000 rebates a year, amounting to more than $4 million in reimbursements annually. The Louisiana DNR estimates that the HERO program, in the course of its lifetime, has been responsible for cumulative savings of 15 trillion Btu of energy, 2,600 kilotons of CO2, and 3,700 tons of nitrogen oxide.
Potential Business Ambassadors
I left the 90-minute meeting impressed by the variety of backgrounds, interests, and professional perspectives represented by the 18 raters in attendance. I was also surprised at the variety and number of concerns participants brought to the table.
In a group that contained raters with decades of experience, raters with only one completed rating under their belt, and weatherization program contractors with no direct rating experience, the conversation ranged from concerns about health hazards to both raters and clients to the prevalence of termites in the city's subtropical climate.
Along the way, the group spent a lot of time discussing widely disparate policies at the local, state, and federal levels regarding regulation enforcement, as well as the responsibilities and intricacies of working within New Orleans's many historic districts.
The meeting ended with several raters acknowledging the critical link between raters and contractors, and the fact that each group occasionally needs to enlist the services of the other to meet the client's needs. That observation led to a key agenda item for the next meeting: to bring in one or more contractors, with an eye toward opening a long-term dialogue.
Without much coaching, it seemed to me that the group easily achieved its stated goal and then some, eliciting active and engaged participation that could easily become a resource for building a community of raters and helping individuals grow their own practice. Later in the evening, I realized another implication of empowering raters, especially when it comes to market building.
The single theme that ran through 90 minutes of animated conversation was the role played by energy raters as a critical link between homeowners and the rest of the home performance and construction industry. Placing that role in the context of an emerging market, I began to see that energy raters might play an unexpectedly central role in business development. I realized that the first contact with active consumers could become a powerful catalyst in helping to build a market for home performance work. The ability to assess a home and counsel
homeowners on how to improve their homes gives raters a rich opportunity to act as a kind of business-promotion vanguard.
A Real Passion for Home Performance
In addition to becoming a RESNET provider and convening monthly rater roundtable meetings, the Alliance for Affordable Energy agreed to sponsor local training. Following a six-day course held in August, the Alliance sponsored three supervised rating sessions, giving would-be raters an opportunity for hands-on learning.
The instructor for the supervised sessions was Wade Byrd, a longtime home performance advocate and the state's only RESNET-credentialed instructor. I knew a little bit about Byrd before I arrived on-site early Saturday morning to check out one of his supervised rating sessions. I knew, for example, that Byrd had played a central role developing the HERO program for the state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in the early 1990s, and that he had run it until he retired from the department in 2003. And I knew he'd been an adviser to the DNR on spending the $71 million allocated by the State Energy Program component of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), with $15 million going toward a revived and expanded HERO program.
When I heard Byrd, first thing in the morning, briefing his assembled group of newly minted raters, I expected the day's session would be led by a highly trained and somewhat garrulous leader. What I got was something else.
Displaying all the charm and local spirit of a true Gulf Coast native, Byrd turned out to be a genuinely savvy home performance specialist, using his God-given gift for discourse in the service of verbal communication. Making a joke on himself, he called his extended observations about the previous day's activities "preaching," but that's what he was doing, talking about the specifics of measuring home performance while imparting a real drive and passion for the role of the rating professional.
After he retired from both the DNR and the RESNET board of directors in 2003, Byrd started his own company, offering energy audits, solar installation, and RESNET training. His approach to training reflects the intensity of his commitment to improving home performance. Making use of a focused learning environment, Byrd delivers his in-depth curriculum in a secluded setting owned and run by Louisiana State University and located in central Louisiana. Camp Grant Walker contains a conference center, dorm, and cafeteria, allowing students to study intensely for the duration of Byrd's nine-day course with nothing to distract them.
Byrd was now ready and waiting for the rollout of the new HERO program. At the same time, he understood that the revived program lacked some components that it needed to make it as successful as it could be. There were no RESNET providers registered in Louisiana, for example, and without a network of experienced raters in the area there was little opportunity for new raters to deepen their understanding of both rating technology and rating as a business. And aside from Byrd's in-depth training sessions, there was little available on a more informal, local basis.
A Working Model for Market Building
New Orleans's Alliance for Affordable Energy came into being 25 years ago as a government watchdog and policy advocate. Post-Katrina, the organization has expanded its mission to include encouraging the growth of a local home performance industry, which organization leaders believe will ultimately provide consumers with maximum economic benefit in a postdisaster rebuilding environment.
To help manage that process, Senior Program Manager Forest Bradley-Wright has developed a conceptual model, which identifies the components of an organized marketplace and describes how they are related to one another. Suggesting a critical role for nonprofits, the model assumes that the population of potential customers will include "anyone who pays a utility bill."
If that's the case, Bradley-Wright says, it naturally follows that public awareness and consumer education will play primary roles in stimulating increased market demand. And consumer education will probably be more effective at eliciting that demand when it's accompanied by public policy initiatives that provide meaningful incentives for improved energy efficiency.
Timing is also crucial, Bradley Wright says. Increasing demand, for example, won't lead directly to local support unless local industry growth is timed to meet that demand; otherwise market forces will seek supplies of goods and services elsewhere. But meeting demand will also require sufficient numbers of appropriately trained employees, so workforce development should follow a track that closely mirrors ongoing business expansion.
Finally, to justify requests for financial support and demonstrate operating success, all nonprofits today are required to develop tangible measures of accomplishment. When soliciting support for home performance market building, Bradley-Wright suggests that these measures might include the overall number of homes affected, financially documented savings in energy costs, and the sum of improved home performance ratings.
Practical Young Visionaries Spur Transformation
But to create the kind of resources that would really help the restructured HERO program to thrive, Byrd realized that he needed to partner with a nonprofit. When he contacted the New Orleans–based Alliance for Affordable Energy—widely recognized in the state as an effective government watchdog, a successful lobbyist for policy reform, and a strong proponent of grassroots citizen organizing—the Alliance readily agreed to play a key role in a rollout of the revived HERO program.
In the post-Katrina world of reconstruction and civic renewal, the Alliance had already begun to build momentum as an advocate for energy-efficient and sustainable home building. This was partly because the Alliance saw energy efficiency as the obvious demand-side complement to its established track record in supply-
side reform. But it was also a function of new leadership within the organization—specifically Senior Program Manager Forest Bradley-Wright, a native of Eugene, Oregon, who decided that the Alliance should play a significant role in post-Katrina rebuilding.
Just 33 years old, Bradley-Wright represents an entire cohort of 20- and 30-somethings drawn to opportunities for change in post-Katrina New Orleans—an influx of talented and ambitious young people who are helping to transform the landscapes of education, community organizing, criminal justice reform, housing, health care, and countless nonprofit initiatives.
In addition to his role at the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Bradley-Wright is partnering with two other green-building advocates to develop a 4-acre industrial park. The park will be devoted entirely to businesses and organizations that seek to create a vibrant new market in green-building goods and services. The partners recently purchased a former car dealership located in a rapidly recovering commercial corridor surrounded by residential neighborhoods. There they plan to build a 120,000 ft2 business center directly adjacent to sidewalk street traffic. The project mirrors to some extent the Natural Capital Center in Portland, Oregon, a 70,000 ft2 development that is home to a variety of environmentally aware businesses and organizations. Open since 2001, the Natural Capital Center has become the city-based center for a regional green movement.
From Government Watchdog to Market Catalyst
So the idea of playing a crucial role in the rollout of a new HERO program with an eye toward sustained market building and business development suited Bradley-Wright just fine. His organization had already partnered with the city of New Orleans and three other nonprofits to become one of the first cities included in DOE's Solar American Cities partnership—created to accelerate the adoption of solar technology—and he'd already taken responsibility for chartering a solar roundtable, formed in 2008 just as the state legislature approved a remarkable 50% solar tax credit, in addition to the federal 30% credit, for all residential installations.
Anticipating legislative approval, local real estate developer and business consultant Troy Von Ottnot founded a solar-installation company, South Coast Solar, using just his credit card. By the end of 2008, the company had grossed $1.2 million. It grossed $4 million in 2009 and currently expects to top $10 million in 2010, easily making South Coast Solar the state's largest solar installer.
The solar roundtable is actually one of three roundtables the Alliance supports. The other two are roundtables for RESNET raters—one for raters who have signed up to use the Alliance as their RESNET provider and a more general one for other raters. The distinction is crucial, says Bradley-Wright, and has nothing to do with the desire to reach the largest possible number of participants. The three roundtables are designed to reinforce one another, with the solar roundtable serving most directly as a small-business incubator. The providership roundtable focuses more narrowly on business development, putting into practice lessons learned from the solar roundtable, while the more-general rater roundtable acts as a community clearinghouse and business advocate.
The three-tiered structure serves two purposes. It identifies relevant activities for the participants in each roundtable while providing the Alliance with an opportunity to make each roundtable self-supporting.
That's how I feel especially about the large number of raters who will likely get involved to take advantage of the new HERO program. As a whole, they represent a community we need to cultivate and eventually grow into a robust local industry. What we're looking for now is organic ways to make that happen. It's pretty clear that those who succeed in the long run will have to learn to think about developing a business organization in addition to developing technical proficiency.
That's very clear in the case of solar. The most successful businesses there are run by managers who may possess very little technical proficiency, who have never installed a solar system. In the home performance arena, what's needed is a multifaceted business model, one that includes ratings and audits but incorporates other kinds of profitable activities, too. Whatever solutions we come up with, though, they have to succeed financially. Because we're not going to succeed just because it's the right thing to do.
We're never going to create a genuinely healthy market here unless we truly understand people's needs at all levels, offering them solutions for the challenges and obstacles they may encounter, solutions that are genuinely useful to them. Ultimately, if this is going to succeed, it's going to have be a business that works.
—Forest Bradley-Wright
Senior Program Manager
Alliance for Affordable Energy
Looking for "Pay as You Go" Model
Aware that providership fees will produce a small stream of income, Bradley-Wright also hopes to generate income from other sources, to justify the Alliance's investment in the project. To that end, he has begun experimenting in the solar roundtable with a sponsorship model, seeking donations from businesses that will deliver a short presentation before the meeting, describing what the business offers. Presenters may remain, if they wish, to participate in the rest of the meeting.
Bradley-Wright has also identified the home energy assessment program run by the Energy Trust of Oregon as a potential model for future development. The Energy Trust program offers homeowners three counseling options. The first option consists of an in-depth home evaluation performed by a BPI-trained and certified contractor, who charges the homeowner directly. The contractor inventories and analyzes all energy-related aspects of the home and issues a detailed energy-consumption report and customized action plan. To help consumers find an appropriate contractor, the Energy Trust maintains a list of contractors who are qualified to do the work and are familiar with the evaluation program.
The Energy Trust also offers a free home-energy review based on a one-hour walk-through. Homeowners are then provided with a prioritized list of improvement recommendations and all available information regarding cash incentives and tax credits. In addition, the reviewer leaves homeowners with up to ten CFLs, high-performance showerheads, and faucet aerators. The Energy Trust also sponsors online programs that analyze home energy usage and give homeowners energy-saving tips based on actual utility bills.
Having the opportunity to identify problems and field-test solutions, Bradley-Wright says, is just one of the many benefits provided by a post-disaster rebuilding scenario.
Roger Hahn is a freelance writer and editor based in New Orleans. His work has appeared in Civil Engineering, Historic Preservation, and Next American City.
For more information:
To learn more about the Louisiana HERO program, go to www.empowerlouisiana.org/HeroProgram.aspx.
To learn more about the New Orleans Alliance for Affordable Energy, go to www.all4energy.org.
To learn more about Wade Byrd's intensive RESNET rater training camp in central Louisiana, go to http://byrdenergy.com/louisiana-resnet-training-classes/certified-resnet-energy-rater-training.
To learn more about Energy Trust of Oreg on's home energy assessments, go to http:// energytrust.org/residential/evaluate-your-home.
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11 great books for summer
Need a good book for summer? Well, we have some recommendations for you!
May these books be a blessing to you – and may you visit again on June 15 for a list of books about freedom. Enjoy!
A few I love:
The Exquisite Ordinary by Rachel Whaley Doll. She encourages people to be brave and use their gifts. One of my favorite lines… "Yes, there is probably someone else that can do that thing you do better than you. But chances are, they are not standing where you are."
Lead Your Family Like Jesus: Powerful Parenting Principles from the Creator of Families by Ken Blanchard, Phil Hodges and Tricia Goyer. Technically, I was supposed to save this one for my list of parenting books, but it's new and I want to talk about it! I'm only a few chapters in, but I love that the authors address the parent's ego early on: "Two problems result from thinking horizontally. The first is that others' opinions, not God's, become the source of our security and self-worth. The second is that our kids pick up on it."
Prayers for Children, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. I've had this one since I was a child, and I recently shared it with my two youngest boys. They drifted off to sleep listening to prayers that are simply beautiful.
Some recommendations from my friends:
Crazy Love:Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life in Christ by Peter Scazzero
Love Does:Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff (After reading the description, I think I'll be adding this to my need-to-read list!)
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Little Glimmers of Light: True Stories to Entertain You, Inform You and Enlighten Your Path by Elton Rengstorf
New books/books that are coming out soon:
Wings of Glass by Gina Holmes. This book reminded me that domestic violence is a concern for us all — and that we all need to step in. (I really enjoyed Holmes' writing and plan to go back and read her first book, too.)
A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet: Southern Stories of Faith, Family, and Fifteen Pounds of Bacon by Sophie Hudson. Oh my goodness. This book was just what a homesick Okie needed! It is plenty of fun but has a powerful message. "And what I know beyond a shadow of a doubt… is that if our generation wants the phrase legacy of faith to mean anything at all to those kids around the table — if we want to go beyond spouting one more piece of Christian lingo that sounds real pretty but holds precious little significance in their lives — then we have to share our stories with them. …We have to make much of what God has done in our lives and what He continues to do."


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It was expected, but people who don't follow this stuff probably hadn't realized it yet: The new Census data that just came out today is a huge win for the GOP.
The National Journal describes it as an "embarrassment of riches".
First of all, there was a big shift in Congressional states from "blue" to "red" states. Texas is the huge winner, picking up 4 seats. NY and Pennsylvania both lost seats. California failed to gain any seats for the first time.
Other red states picking up seats, according to Washington Post's Aaron Blake: FL +2, AZ, GA, SC, UT, WA, NV +1.
Other losers included Ohio and Missouri.
What's also key is that the GOP had a monster 2010 election in state legislatures, where the actual of redrawing of districts will occur. So put it together, and you're talking about gains that will last at least a decade felt across all levels of politics.


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Orthodox Media
Television and video
"It would be a crime not to use television to spread the word of God. - Archpriest Dimitriy Sarnov, "Russian Orthodox Church goes on TV" (More details at "Orthodox Believers Get Own Channel")
- Aghapy TV - The First Coptic Orthodox Satellite TV Channel
- Coptic Media Productions
- The Glory of High Decani - Among the video presentations of life in Kosovo and Metohija, this video on the recent experience of the monks of the "High Decani" monastery is particularly recommended (it's the third from top).
- GOARCH Multimedia - Video
- Holy Pimoly (Cartoon - Coptic)
- Orthodox.TV
- Orthodoxy Now TV
- Orthodox Video of the Day
Radio and podcasts
Internet Radio
- Peiraiki Ekklisia 24-hour Greek Orthodox Radio Station
- Ancient Faith Radio, 24-hour Orthodox radio station providing Internet-based Orthodox programming including an extensive list of podcasts.
- True Wisdom Radio- Features a collection of Homilies by Fr. Jon Braun, and Orthodox music of liturgy and worship by the Archangel Voices.
- Icon New Media Network - The Icon New Media Network where Orthodox Christianity is the future of American spirituality.
- INBN.net - The Incarnation Broadcasting Network offers 24-hour Orthodox radio broadcasting on the internet.
- Orthodoxiya Radio (Listen direct): Arabic Greek Eastern Orthodox Radio.
- Sion Radio (Live stream) Bulgarian Orthodox radio
- Ecclesia Radio (Greek)
- Radio Martyria (Crete)
- Radio Svetigora (Serbian)
- Radio Iveria (Georgian)
- Radio Trinitas< (Romanian)
- Radio Lumina (Romanian)
- Radio Reintregirea(Romanian)
- The Ark (from OCN) - 24-hour Orthodox radio station featuring contemporary music and talk
- The Rudder (from OCN) - 24-hour Orthodox radio station featuring liturgical music and talk
- ACORN: Antiochian Christian Orthodox Radio Network (English)
Individual shows
- A Word From the Holy Fathers by Dn. Matthew Steenberg. Offering weekly reflection on the writings of the Church Fathers.
- All Saints Monastery Sermons by Archbishop Lazar (Puhalo)
- All Saints Monastery YouTube Broadcasts
- American Orthodox History by Matthew Namee. Matthew explores our early American Orthodox past.
- Christ in the Mountains (weblog and podcast) from a priest in Charleston, West Virginia.
- Close to Home by Molly Sabourin. Molly Sabourin is a freelance writer focusing on issues of family, faith, and community.
- Coffee Cup Commentaries by Fr. Lawrence Farley. The Coffee Cup Commentary series provides daily (Mon-Fri) studies in the New Testament
- Come Receive the Light, the national Orthodox Christian radio program, broadcast on 17 radio stations throughout the U.S. & Bahamas. Archives available online.
- Detroit's Own Orthodox Radio Broadcast on WNZK 690 AM Sundays from 4pm-5pm (Eastern Time) in the Detroit, Michigan area. Streaming and podcasts available online. A ministry of The Council of Orthodox Christian Churches of Metropolitan Detroit.
- Holy Cross Church in Linthicum, MD hosts numerous audio files available for download.
- Facing East, two Orthodox priests in central Massachusetts chatting
- Faith and Philosophy by Dr. Clark Carlton. Commenting on matters of faith, philosophy and Orthodoxy.
- Frederica Here and Now by Frederica Mathewes-Green. This podcast features fresh reflections on Frederica's travel and experiences.
- Generation Orthodox, Hosted by Jacob Lee, Show Targets People interested in Orthodoxy under the age of 40
- Get Wisdom! is a weekly Bible study program for Orthodox Christian teens. In addition to the weekly podcast, which is also streamed weekends on The Ark, the program offers free downloadable study guides for individual and group study.
- Glory to God by Fr. Stephen Freeman. Thoughts and reflections on Orthodox theology and life.
- Healing by Fr. George Morelli. Orthodox Spirituality and Psychology.
- Homilies of a Russian Orthodox Priest on the Sunday Gospels and other scriptural topics, from St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Dallas Texas
- Icons in Sound - Beautiful Orthodox sacred music and liturgical singing with Dr. Vlad Morosan.
- Just Thinking - Current events, social trends and moral issues from an Orthodox point of view with Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News.
- Orthodixie by Fr. Joseph Huneycutt. Humor and insight into life and spirituality.
- Orthodox Word Podcast - A source for the daily scriptural readings of the Orthodox Church. Each daily podcast also includes the hymns and readings from the Synaxarion for the Saints or Feast Day.
- Our Life in Christ is an internet radio show based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Originally, they were doing live radio broadcasts on 1360 AM (KPXQ), a Protestant radio station of the Salem Network. Through this ministry they began to offer Orthodox apologetics to Protestants.
- Pilgrims from Paradise by Matthew Gallatin. Practical insight into life and theology from a popular author and speaker.
- re/CALL, a podcast for Orthodox Christian teens that looks at how your relationship with God and His Church can help you in every aspect of your life. The program also offers free inspirational graphics for each episode.
- Saint Catherine Greek Orthodox Church, in Greenwood Village, Colorado, records all the sermons, educational lectures, retreats and special events and puts them in a podcast for listeners. Individual records are also available for download.
- Saint of the Day by Dn. Jerome Atherholt. The Saint of the Day briefly tells the story of one of our venerable Saints we are commemorating for each day.
- Serbian Orthodox Church, Diocese of Western America Weekly Podcast & Lectures from Serbian Orthodox Church of America
- Search the Scriptures by Dr. Jeannie Constantinou. Bible study, with early church history, theology, and patristics.
- Shepherd of Souls An insightful look at spiritual themes from an Eastern Christian perspective by Fr. Peter Preble
- St Nikolaj's Prologue, a daily Serbian podcast of the Lives of the Saints, as written by St Nikolaj of Ochrid and Zica
- St Nikolaj's Missionary Letters, by St Nikolaj of Ochrid and Zica, on many topics. In Serbian.
- St. Silouan Orthodox Church Homilies from St. Silouan Orthodox Church based in Walla Walla, WA.
- The Illumined Heart with Kevin Allen. Featuring insightful interviews on subjects of faith, theology, history, comparative religion and personal faith journeys with Eastern Orthodox Christians.
- The Names of Jesus with Fr. Thomas Hopko. Fr. Thomas Hopko identifies the names bestowed on Christ by the Holy Scriptures and the Church Fathers and explains their significance.
- The Man In Black, with Father Andrew Welzig, Show features, conversations with an Orthodox Priest and different individuals.
- The Path by Fr. Tom Soroka. Listen to the daily scripture readings and thoughtful commentary with quotes from the Fathers. (Feb 2007-present)
Lectures and Audio Books
- Arxontarikion Selected eastern orthodox christian material
- Pantokrator
- Philokalia
The following podcasts discuss topics common to Orthodox and other eastern forms of Christianity.
- The Christian Message From Moscow by the Voice of Russia radio network - Produces "The Christian Message from Moscow" in English. Learn about Russian Orthodox Christians, their rich history, music, composers, performers, writers, sermons, and Saints' lives and works.
- psalmcast - A Presbyterian ministry which presents a musical rendition of a Psalm each day. They often feature music from Orthodox traditions. (Available through iTunes 4.9+.)
- Theosis: A Journey from Lent to Pentecost. This podcast series is designed to help promote a deeper appreciation for Lenten and Eastern spirituality through the meditation on scripture and the writings of the Early Church Fathers.


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FISCHINGER, OSKAR: Volume1
If anyone deserves the epithet genius in this field, it would be Fischinger. Though, predictably, he never made money, he produced works of stunning brilliance and originality and invented techniques others would adopt and extend, and some even (like Disney with Fantasia) profit from. Pure abstraction, colour, the appropriate expression of musical movement and dynamic relationships were his constant subject. This first collection features works from 1931, including the luminous Muratti cigarette advertisement, Spiritual constructions, an extraordinary silhouette work of constantly mutating, fluid figures, following the travails of two figures in an uncertain landscape, Study no 7 and No. 8, Kreise and Allegretto (all abstract music settings), and one later film Motion Painting No.1 (1947), a constantly evolving single painting and overpainting. VHS PAL. With excellent notes in a 24 pp booklet in French and English.
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For the latest updates to Global Public Square, including show information and Fareed's Take, visit the new GPS site on CNN.com.
85% of hindoos in India are starving. Neighboring countries are sending them food.
Modi eats Blue Saffron S hitt. It is chocolate pudding for him. Yummy
I eat camel poop from India.
I lick Modi's poop. Delicious and delightful!
Oh gee @8:00. You just NAILED IT!
Buzz, buzz busy bee, is your honey sweet?
Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat.
Modi prefers but Chinese shiet.
Buzz, buzz busy bee, is your honey sweet?
Yes sir, yes sir, sweet enough to eat.
But hindoos prefer to eat human meat
Modi loves to eat Blue Saffron shiet.
M oo, m oo brown cow, have you milk for me?
Yes sir, yes sir, but Modi raiped me.
C hurn it into butter, make it into cheese,
Freeze it into ice cream or drink my p iss if you please.
Moo, moo brown cow, have you milk for me?
Yes sir, yes sir, but Modi f ukked me.
I eat kitten poo poo. I am Bumble Bee.
Long live Modi. King of prime ministers.
Modi from India goes to the doctor and says, "I feel terrible."
Doctor says, "go home, gang raipe your womenfolk, put on a suicide belt and walk around the neighborhood threatening people, sell some illegal drugs to high school students in the local convenience store, then burn some young brides by sprinkling kerosene on them and lighting them up. Do all of the above for three days."
Week later Modi goes back and says, "Doc, I feel wonderful, what was the problem?"
Doctor, "you were homesick!"
Excuse me? I am the real William Womack. I say unequivocally that i sukk Modi's 8' big fat Indian di ck. ..
Soooo juicy.
You hindus are cok sukkers from India.
Modi was fokked by a YAK in Mongolia. He is pregnant with a dog.
Modi eats cow s hitte.
India is s pile of camel dung
Modi of India is a goat fukker.
Why do indians raype cows in india?
I sukk long nig ger DI CKS. MMMMM GOOD.
I eat Hindu boogers from Modi.
Hi there faux pas. Going gang rayping in India tonight?
Modi eats dig s hitte. No food in India. People starving.
Lol. Modi eats "dog" s hitte.
Yes. I use mariguana on weekends.
Its party time. Lol
Raypes in Bombay have increased by 250% in 2015.
Hi. I love to party. I smoke weed on weekends
I use opium. I get high. Helps me deal with mesquito bites
I snort cocaine. Its fun
I shoot black tar into my veins. I get high.
All drugs should be legal. Not just grass.
Cops are too busy for recreational users of fun drugs.
At an annual briefing with reporters, India's Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi said that a total of 122,069 raipe cases were reported in New Delhi in the 12 months leading up to December 15, against 92,571 reported the previous year, an increase of 31.6 per cent.
I love weekends. I make an easy $2000+ dealing coke. I only work weekends. Rest of the week I go to strip joints. $20 lap dances.
The violence in Indian-held Kashmir is the result of decades of repressive Indian policies and imposition of sham elections in the region.
We call upon India to understand that the people of Jammu and Kashmir would accept nothing short of their right to self-determination as promised to them by the UNSC and accepted by India and the international community.
Blue Saffron sniffs my pant ies. Lol
Quack Quack Quack
Fareed walks like a duck.
Fareed talks like a duck.
Fareed must be a duck.
Quack Quack Quack.
Merci, Mon Ami.
What would a raypist hindoo know anything of politeness or decorum. Born out of raypes and living in caves eating chapptis of american aid you Indians are a burden on world society.
Fareed has been a victim of hindoo atrocities in India. Poor guy could not find his roots in India. The hindoos erased his past. Because his family was subjugated by Hindoos. They were harassed. They were kept enslaved. There will be a class action suit filed against India by muslims of Indian origin for these crimes. I feel pity for Fareed.
I eat Modi's poop and Modi's salty gooey moist boogers from Bombay. .
Nation wide is on your side....


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Poll: Almost no one thinks marijuana users should go to jail
Pat Cunningham
Each year, roughly 800,000 people are arrested for marijuana offenses. That amounts to one arrest every 42 seconds, which represents a great strain on the criminal justice system.
The irony in all of this is that Americans overwhelmingly oppose stiff penalties for marijuana offenses.
A new poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates shows that only 6 percent of Americans think pot-smokers should be jailed.
Moreover, a majority of respondents say they would support legislation that would prevent the federal government from prosecuting people who grow, possess or sell marijuana in states that have legalized it.
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Gap to close store in mall on April 25
Family clothing retailer has been in Tuscaloosa more than 20 years
After more than 20 years in Tuscaloosa, the Gap is leaving town.
The family clothing store in University Mall plans to close April 25, according to a posting on the Tuscaloosa store's Facebook page.
Employees at the store confirmed the closing date, but they directed other questions to the company's headquarters in San Francisco.
A headquarters spokesperson responded to an emailed list of questions from The Tuscaloosa News with the following statement:
"As part of our real estate strategy for Gap brand as outlined in 2007, we want each of our stores to be the best possible representation of who we are — a well-loved American brand known for its optimistic, casual style. The Gap store closures scheduled in early 2013, including the University Mall store, are the final stores to be shut down as part of the long-term real estate strategy outlined in 2007."
The statement did not answer questions on how many employees would lose their jobs, nor address if the Gap might return to Tuscaloosa in the future.
The local Gap store indicated on its online posting that it has begun to liquidate its stock of clothing and now has 40 percent off on all its merchandise.
The Gap opened in Tuscaloosa in 1991 and added the Gap Kids to the University Mall store around 2000 or 2001, according to store employees.
With the store's closing, the nearest Gap stores will be at Hoover's Riverchase Galleria and Birmingham's Summit shopping centers.
Denise Connell, University Mall's assistant property manager and marketing director, said the mall plans to seek a new tenant for the soon-to-be vacated space.
"Whenever there is a vacancy, there's an opportunity for a new retailer to come in, and our leasing department will be working hard to make sure that happens," she said.
Gap is the flagship brand of Gap Inc., which also owns retailers Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta and INTERMIX. It has about 3,100 stores and 136,000 employees worldwide, according to its website.


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Newton powers Panthers past Eagles
This was the Cam Newton who was the talk of the NFL last season.
Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the NFC.
Newton, who hadn't played up to his sensational rookie season, showed no signs of a sophomore slump against Philadelphia's porous pass defense. He finished 18 of 28 for 306 yards and had a passer rating of 125.
''My best game is still to come,'' Newton said. ''I'm still focused on getting better each and every week.''
Bryce Brown set a club rookie record with 178 yards rushing, including TD runs of 65 and 5 yards, but the Eagles (3-8) still lost their seventh straight game.
Brown, filling in for injured running back LeSean McCoy, surpassed Correll Buckhalter's rookie mark of 134 yards rushing in his first start since his senior year at Wichita East High School in 2008. But Brown also lost two fumbles, including one in Panthers' territory.
Fellow rookie Nick Foles was so-so in his second straight start for Michael Vick, who also sat out with a concussion. Foles was 16 of 21 for 119 yards.
''The most important thing for me was for us to get the win and that didn't happen tonight,'' Brown said. ''I felt like a lot of that had to do with my two turnovers. It really, really cost us.''
Carolina (3-8) went ahead 24-22 early in the fourth quarter on Graham Gano's 23-yard field goal.
Then the Panthers finally stopped Brown when it mattered most, stuffing him on a fourth-and-1 to take over on downs at their 40. Newton led them downfield, running in from the 2 to make it 30-22. Gano, signed last week, missed the extra point. But Brandon Boykin fumbled after a 44-yard kickoff return, the Panthers recovered and held the ball the final 4:29.
''It's been a long time in coming,'' Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. ''Lots of people contributed and made plays. Real proud of what we did and the things we did to give ourselves a chance to win.''
Newton, the No, 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft, lived up to the hype by throwing for 4,051 yards with 21 TD passes and 14 TDs on the ground in his first year. He entered this game with only nine TD passes and four TDs rushing, a major disappointment for Panthers fans.
But Newton outshined a rookie seventh-round pick in his Monday night debut.
''We took some plays off his plate and really tried to balance it out and spread it among other players and he has really responded very well to those things,'' Rivera said. ''I think we had to interpret it as giving him a breath once in a while. These last few weeks, he's played like the guy we believe he could become.''
Newton had a 24-yard TD toss over the middle to a wide-open Gary Barnidge for a 7-3 lead. He connected with Brandon LaFell on a 43-yard pass to make it 14-3 later in the first quarter. LaFell was wide open on the play, taking advantage of another breakdown in coverage in the secondary.
Since Todd Bowles replaced Juan Castillo as defensive coordinator, the Eagles have allowed 13 passing touchdowns and haven't had an interception in five games.
Newton led a 95-yard drive to open the third quarter, finishing it off with a 1-yard leap to give the Panthers a 21-15 lead. Newton hit Louis Murphy for a 55-yard gain on a second-and-11 from Carolina's 16.
A 51-yard pass interference call on Haruki Nakamura on Foles' deep pass to Jeremy Maclin put Philadelphia at the Panthers 5. Brown then ran in for the go-ahead score.
Brown broke loose early in the second quarter to get Philadelphia within 14-12. Brown started up the middle, cut outside and outran the defense down the right sideline for the seventh-longest TD run by a Philadelphia rookie. The Eagles inexplicably tried a 2-point conversion and failed.
''Bryce did what we thought he could do,'' Eagles coach Andy Reid said. ''He's a talented kid. It's a shame he had the two fumbles. He was on a roll. Those things cost you. He'll learn from it. He's got a great future.''
Alex Henery's 45-yard field goal gave them a 15-14 lead. Henery kicked a 41-yarder to cut it to 14-6 in the second quarter. It was his 18th straight field goal, setting a team record.
The Eagles haven't won since beating the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants to go 3-1, leaving fans and media to speculate about Reid's job. Owner Jeffrey Lurie already has said that an 8-8 record would be ''unacceptable'' this year. The Eagles would have to finish 5-0 just to get there.
''I'm not worried about all the other things,'' Reid said. ''We haven't talked about that. He's been supportive. Obviously he's competitive and wants to win games.''
Fans known for their hostile behavior have become apathetic toward their beloved Eagles. The Linc was about one-third empty for pregame introductions and plenty of seats remained empty at the start. There were boos early when the Eagles fell behind, but they lacked the usual luster.
The Panthers have shown they're better than their record. They have lost six games by less than a touchdown, including a 2-point loss at Atlanta and a 1-point loss at Chicago.
''It's a huge stage, Monday Night Football, on the road,'' tackle Jordan Gross said. ''It was just big for us and big for the guys on the team who haven't experienced something like this.''
The injury-depleted Eagles lost wide receiver DeSean Jackson (sternum) and defensive tackle Fletcher Cox (tail bone) in the first half.
Notes: Neither Vick nor McCoy have been cleared to return to practice. ... The Eagles inducted five-time Pro Bowl cornerback Troy Vincent and longtime front office executive Leo Carlin into the team's Hall of Fame at halftime. ... Brown's 65-yard TD run was longest for Eagles since McCoy's 66-yarder, against New York Giants, Nov. 1, 2009. ... Buckhalter had 134 yards rushing vs. Arizona on Oct. 7, 2001. ... Newton led the Panthers with 52 yards rushing.


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Video Vault: Rack 'em up for poolroom classic
Few actors captured cool like Paul Newman in his prime, and when you put a cue stick in his hand, well, that's tough to top.
In 1961's "The Hustler," Newman plays Fast Eddie Felson, a pool player with more talent than brains. He knows how to play, but he doesn't know how to win — or at least win in a way that won't get his thumbs broken. Though Felson keeps smiling through most of the movie, "The Hustler" is a dark drama, all about people afraid to stop playing whatever game they happen to be obsessed with.
The stellar cast includes Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie and — in a small role as a bartender — boxer Jake LaMotta, the inspiration for Martin Scorsese's own black-and-white film about losing, "Raging Bull."
Speaking of Scorsese, in 1986, he directed "The Color of Money," which caught up with Fast Eddie and paired him with a young hotshot, played by Tom Cruise. It's not a bad movie, but it doesn't come close to the bleak, black-and-white cool of "The Hustler." Stick with the original.
Will Pfeifer writes about older DVDs on Sundays and new ones on Tuesdays. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Morning Minutes: Feb. 1
Word of the Day
hurdy-gurdy \HUR-dee-GUR-dee, -gur-\ (noun) 1. a barrel organ or similar musical instrument played by turning a crank. 2. a lute- or guitar-shaped stringed musical instrument sounded by the revolution against the strings of a rosined wheel turned by a crank. - www.dictionary.com
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Discover your next favorite song with Rdio, a social jukebox with over 20 million songs to play on your phone, the web, even offline.
Number to Know
20 million: On this date in 1994, punk rock band Green Day released its album "Dookie," which eventually would sell more than 20 million copies worldwide.
This Day in History
Feb. 1, 2004: Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in U.S. broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
Today's Featured Birthday
Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley (46)
Daily Quote
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself." - Soren Kierkegaard